Includes [1] A petition from the Scottish company, undertaking plantations in Newfoundland, asking that John Mason be appointed governor to put down piracy and keep order among the fishermen, March 16th, 1621. -- [2] Sir John Berry's reply to the British government against removal of Newfoundland fishermen from the coast, Sept. 12th, 1675. -- [3] Sir John Berry's complete census of Newfoundland from Cape Race to Cape Bonavista, 1675. Part I - A list of ships making fishing voyages with boatkeepers, with some passengers on their own account, and what ships bound to foreign markets from Cape Race to Cape Bonavista. Part II - A list of planters names with an account of their concerns from Cape Race to Cape Bonavista.

Sir John Berry's Census (1675). List of planters from Cape De Razo to Cape Bonavista found in C.O. 1/35 (Colonial Office, General Series, 1574-1757, vol. 1, number 35.